"Waitin' for a Superman" (subtitled "Is It Gettin' Heavy??" for the song's U.S. album release) is a song by The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...

, released as the second single taken from their 1999 album The Soft Bulletin

The Soft Bulletin

-UK & Australian CD release:-Vinyl release:-The Soft Bulletin 5.1:On January 31, 2006, Warner Bros. re-released The Soft Bulletin in the US as a two-disc package titled The Soft Bulletin 5.1. It includes a remastered CD and a DVD-Audio disc that contains a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album...

, and reaching #73 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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Single release

The b-sides of the UK release complete the 4-CD set for "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" and "Riding to Work in the Year 2025." The first two CD parts for these songs can be found on the two UK "Race for the Prize

Race for the Prize

"Race for the Prize" is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the first single taken from their 1999 album The Soft Bulletin, and reaching #39 in the UK Singles Chart as the highest charting single from the album...

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The U.S. release features material from the UK release of "Race for the Prize

Race for the Prize

"Race for the Prize" is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the first single taken from their 1999 album The Soft Bulletin, and reaching #39 in the UK Singles Chart as the highest charting single from the album...

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The song was also released by UK band Fightstar

Fightstar

Fightstar are an English alternative rock band from London. They formed in 2003 and their lineup comprises lead vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist Charlie Simpson, guitarist and vocalist Alex Westaway, bass guitarist Dan Haigh and drummer Omar Abidi...

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David Bazan

David Bazan

David Bazan is an indie rock singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington. Bazan was the lead singer and creative force behind the now-defunct band Pedro the Lion and was the lead singer of Headphones, a band he formed out of his interest in synthesizers...

 has been known to cover this song live.

Coldplay

Coldplay

Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...

 covered the song live at a show in Oklahoma, the home state of the Flaming Lips, on the Viva la Vida Tour

Viva la Vida Tour

Viva la Vida Tour was the fourth concert tour by English band Coldplay. The tour was in support their fourth studio album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. The tour was a massive commercial and critical success visiting Europe, Asia, the Americas and Australasia...

 in 2008.

Iron & Wine

Iron & Wine

Samuel Beam , better known by his stage and recording name Iron & Wine, is an American singer-songwriter. He has released four studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a live album...

 included an acoustic cover of the song on the album "Around the Well" in 2009.

US CD

1. "Waitin' for a Superman (Is It Gettin' Heavy??)" (Radio edit)
2. "Waitin' for a Superman" (Album version)
3. "Waitin' for a Superman" (Mokran remix)
4. "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now) (Stereo remix)
5. "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" (Stereo remix)
6. QuickTime
   QuickTime
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   -accessible music videos for "Waitin' for a Superman", "Race for the Prize
   Race for the Prize
   "Race for the Prize" is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the first single taken from their 1999 album The Soft Bulletin, and reaching #39 in the UK Singles Chart as the highest charting single from the album...
   
   ", and "Be My Head".

UK CD1

1. "Waitin' for a Superman" (Radio edit)
2. "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)"
3. "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair"

UK CD2

1. "Waitin' for a Superman" (Radio edit)
2. "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)"
3. "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair"

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	73